Living in China
Living shows furniture, textiles, ornaments and clothing used in the homes of wealthy people between 1000 and 1900.
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Eating and drinking in China
While people the world over must eat and drink, not many have felt the need to develop such a complex cuisine as the Chinese. Perhaps because famine has been a frequent occ…
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Temple and worship in China
There are three main systems of belief in China: Daoism (sometimes written Taoism), Buddhism and Confucianism.
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Burial customs in China
The custom of burying grave goods with dead bodies lasted a long time, so the artefacts that remain range from Neolithic times (about 5000 BC) to the end of the Ming dynast…
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Ruling in China
The Chinese term for the emperor of China was 'Son of Heaven', and he was considered to be the sole link between heaven and earth. The emperor's unique status was emphasise…
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Collecting in China
Art-collecting was an exclusively male pursuit in China. A well-to-do gentleman living at the time of the Ming dynasty might have had pieces like those shown here in his co…
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A gift in your will
You may not have thought of including a gift to a museum in your will, but the V&A is a charity and legacies form an important source of funding for our work. It is not just the great collectors and the wealthy who leave legacies to the V&A. Legacies of all sizes, large and small, make a real difference to what we can do and your support can help ensure that future generations enjoy the V&A as much as you have.
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Leonia Fine Bone China Hybid Cup and Saucer
This quirky dinnerware collection reflects the history of Chinese and European Bone China production and pays tribute to the centuries of culture, tra…
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Wed 12 June 2013 13:00
LUNCHTIME LECTURE: Join Jane Perry, visiting scholar at the V&A and author of 'Traditional Jewellery in Nineteenth-century Europe', for an insight into traditional jewellery.
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